Tomato question

There doesn't seem to be a general forum area so I'll post this question here. I'm growing a garden for the first time and things are going well. I have 2 tomato plants that are starting to flower and for small fruits. Ive noticed a few leaves are shriveled and dying. Is this usually from too much water or not enough? I've attached a photo of a leaf.

That looks like latter stages of sun burn.. probally not enough water or water on the leaves that got sunned on. Bottom little leaves do shrivel some tmies and the plant can be fine. They do love water though. The leaves curl when they don't have enough.

You said the plants were starting to bloom, I know this sounds crazy but it really does work,. Take a newspaper and roll it up and beat the tomato plants with it. not so hard that you break the stems, but hard enough to cross pollanate them. An old indian told us this when we lived in calif and we have more tomatoes than we can use or give away, so i usually end up pealing them and putting them in zip lock bags to put in the freezer. when i need tomatoes, i defrost them and run them in the blender for a few seconds. I also pinch out the 2 blooms in a group of four. the tomatoes grow bigger then.I also put about a teaspoon of sugar under the plants when i take them out of the cartons before i plant them, makes them tase GREAT

Hi, BigMama. That's actually called Bottom Rot, ironically enough. It's one of the most common tomato problems. The Today show did a gardening segment a week or so ago and the expert addressed this problem. I'm sorry I don't recall what he said, but it sounded like it was easily treatable. You could Google Bottom Rot or go on the Today show's Web site and search for it.

And domromer, water those tomato plants and snip off those leaves. I pull a small few off my four plants every day and it helps them grow even faster.

Big Momma
What you have is blossom end rot or bottom rot. It is a calcium deficiency in the soil. Most places that sell vege plants will sell a spray that you can use this season. Have a soil test done and then use lime that has calcium this fall to help prevent it next season. Here is a link that might help. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3117.html
Domromer
I would guess tomato blight on those leaves. Tomatoes do like a lot of water. When you water try to water at the base of the plant and not wet the leaves. This will help to prevent this.